Angela Leighton
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Angela Leighton | |
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| Born | 23 February 1954 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
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| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
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| Discipline | Literary scholar |
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Angela Leighton, FBA (born 23 February 1954) is a British literary scholar and poet, who specialises in Victorian and twentieth-century English literature. Since 2006, she has been a Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. Previously, from 1979 to 2006, she taught at the University of Hull, rising to be Professor of English.[1][2][3]
Leighton was born on 23 February 1954 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, to the composer Kenneth Leighton and Lydia Leighton (née Vignapiano).[1][3] She studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976 and a Master of Letters (MLitt) degree in 1981.[1]
Academic career
In 1979, Leighton joined the English Department of the University of Hull.[1] She was a lecturer from 1979 to 1993, a senior lecturer from 1993 to 1995, Reader in English from 1995 to 1997, and Professor of English from 1997 to 2006.[1] In 2006, she moved to the University of Cambridge where she is a Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][2][4]
